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Culicoidea
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Culicoidea

The Culicoidea are a superfamily within the order Diptera. The following families are included within the Culicoidea:

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4 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Mosquitoes

familyCulicidae

Phantom Midges

familyChaoboridae

Meniscus Midges

familyDixidae

Frog-biting Midges

familyCorethrellidae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 513826.